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Australia feared that their colonies may be taken over by France and Germany because they had a powerful army and we didn't. we needed a bigger defence force.
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Sir Henry Parkes gave his famous speech in Tenterfield, New South Wales.In his famous speech he talked about things like defence and about how there should be a great national government for australia.His speech changed the mind of the people.
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A constitution was drafted by selected members of the five colonies who met at five conferances starting in 1890.
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A draft constitution was written. A constitutuion is a book of rules that all Australians can go by and all Australians needed to agree with it.
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George Reid fought against fedoration in 1891 and 1894. George Reid worked in the New South Wales Parliament as a opposition He also held a referendum in 1898
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Sir Edmund Barton helped tho draft of the constitution and he attended all Federal conventions
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The Corowa Conferance was organised by a group of citizens, this meeting was held to keep the idea of Fedoration alive. John Quick suggested that there is a representitive for each colony who will write the constitution. The people of each colony would approve it through a referendum. There was two conferences one on the 31st of July and the other in the 1st of August.
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South Australia was the first colony that allowed women to vote because in the referendums no one used to let the women vote.
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Premiers of each colony agreed to go ahead with John Quicks suggestion of a constitution.
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In this conference the premiers agreed to go along with what Sir John Quick suggested in the Corowa Conference.
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Anothe citizen led meeting was held this time is Bathurt like the Corowa Conference this conference suggested changes to the constitution.
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Elections were held for the peoples convention. The peoples convention was a group of people who wrote the constitution.
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Sir Samuel Griffeith was the first premier of Queensland. Sir Samuel Griffith was the main author of the constitution at the Federal conventions in 1987 and 1898
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A referendum for fedoration was held, "YES" vote in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. "NO" vote in New South Wales. "NO" referendum in Queensland or Western Australia. A referendum is a type of voting. If you did not like the idea of fedoration you would of voted no but if you liked the idea you would of voted yes
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The final constitution was drawn up and a time table was drawn up for referendums in the colonies to aprove it.
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They made a referendum for the change of the constitution, "YES" vote in Victoria , Tasmania, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. No referendum was held in Western Australia
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Western Australia accepeted the Constitution from a referendum held in July.
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Queen Victoria signs and approves the constitution.
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The first governer-general lord Hopeton choose Sir Edmund Barton as the first Prime Minester of Australia.
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The Commonwelth of Australia was proclaimed. People all around Australia were celebrating, parades of though the new arch in Sydney made on this day.
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The Melbourne journal had introduced an Australian flag competition. There was five winners there names are Ivor Evans, a fourteen year old schoolboy from Melbourne. Leslie John Hawkings, a teenager. Egbert John Nuttal, a Melbourne architect. Annie Dorrington, an artist from Perth and William Stevens, a ships officer from Auckland, New Zealand.
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3rd of September 1901 the Australian flag was flown for the first time that is why on the 3rd of September it is our 'National Flag Day'
